Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Japan: postal privatisation

Posted by | Dec 13, 2005 | |

From April, the big “four” providers of international express and delivery services will face a formidable new upstart in the Japanese market: Japan Post.
But the question is whether Japan Post can compete head-to-head against the established express mail and logistics providers. FedEx, DHL and UPS all enjoy global economies of scale that they have built up over decades. Though Japan Post has unparalleled domestic mail delivery operations, the move will mark its first foray into the international express delivery market. Until now, the “big four” providers – United Parcel Service (UPS), Federal Express (FedEx), DHL of Germany and TNT of the Netherlands – have dominated the Japanese market, with an estimated 70 per cent market share. Minoru Hasegawa, the manager of Japan Post’s business development division, says it is essential for the entity to expand its services as part of its privatisation process.

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Lane nets £3.9m in property deal

Posted by | Dec 13, 2005 | |

Lane group has exchanged contracts on a sale and leaseback of its property at Portbury.
Proceeds net of costs will be £3.9m and there will be an ongoing rental obligation for 15 years to the break clause, starting at £325, 000 a year. Bank facilities are confirmed, subject to the completion of the sale and leaseback.

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TNT to set up strategic alliance with Germany’s Hermes

Posted by | Dec 12, 2005 | |

TNT NV said it intends to start a strategic alliance with Germany’s Hermes on the distribution of parcels and other mail. The combining of distribution operations on the German market is slated to start in the first quarter of next year. The deal does not involve any exchange of finances, a TNT spokesman said.
Later, TNT and Hermes might start what the spokesman called a ‘joint production operation’, which – at a later stage – might also be expanded to the French and English distribution markets, where Hermes and TNT are also active.

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Austrian Post, German trans-o-flex launch cooperation

Posted by | Dec 12, 2005 | |

Austrian postal company Oesterreichische Post AG has concluded a cooperation agreement with German freight company trans-o-flex for the delivery of business shipments within Austria and those eastern European countries where Post AG is represented, the company said on December 12, 2005. Under the terms of the agreement Post AG will handle all shipments between business customers under the market name “EURODIS”, starting January 1, 2006. tran-o-flex, in its turn, will deliver all Post AG shipments in Germany.

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DHL Global Mail France appoints Head of Automatic Data Processing

Posted by | Dec 12, 2005 | |

DHL Global Mail France has recently appointed Alain Halvick, 51, manager of automatic data processing and digital information, it was reported on December 9, 2005.

At the position, Halvick will be in charge of developing and implementing electronic solutions for automatic data processing, electronic invoicing, electronic data interchange (EDI), archiving of digital content and electronic document management.

At DHL Global Mail France Halvick is a subordinate to the general management and will work in close collaboration with the teams of Deutsche Post World Net in France and Germany. Deutsche Post World Net is the parent company of express services provider DHL.

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